NY Assemblymember Welcomes Prospect of Jeffries Becoming House Democratic Leader
Photo: YouTube New York State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn released the following statement on Rep. Hakeem Jeffries announcing his bid…
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Rep. Jeffries Denounces Redistricting Court Decisions In New York, Florida
Photos: YouTube\Gov BROOKLYN, NY – Thursday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), a member of the House Judiciary Committee and Chair of…
Reps. Jeffries, Walters Lead CBC Call For Senate Vote On Equal Act
Photos: Sentencing Project\Twitter\Screenshot\YouTube WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and Rep. Maxine…
Rep. Jeffries: Democracy Is At Stake Without Voting Rights Legislation
Photo: YouTube Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said in an interview broadcast late Sunday that the “integrity of our democracy” is…
Reintroduction of Bill to Criminalize Chokehold Announced by Rep. Jeffries, NAN, Gwen Carr
Photo: YouTube Monday, U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), the National Action Network and Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner,…
Reps. Jeffries & Velázquez Introduce Bills to Honor Former Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson
[Kenneth P. Thompson] Lu-Shawn Thompson: “My husband was a man of vision. He believed in the power of second chances…
Trump’s Refusal to Disavow White Supremacy Presents Threat to Black Lives and Democracy
Donald Trump. Photo: Gage Skidmore On Wednesday President Donald Trump was telling reporters outside the White House lawn…
NY Attorney General files Lawsuit Against USPS “Voter Suppression Tactic”
[United States Postal Service] James: “This USPS slowdown is nothing more than a voter suppression tactic…these authoritarian actions are not…
STOP-AND-FRISK: Appeals Court Okays Bloomberg’s Apartheid-Style Policing For Now
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. Apartheid-style policing wins for now The NAACP and New York elected officials…